Teaching
Minor Program in Teaching
Teach@Mines, situated within University Honors and Scholars Programs, offers a minor in Teaching. This is an interdisciplinary program designed to prepare students to teach K-12 or at the college level and is designed to complement any Bachelor degree program at Mines. The coursework prepares students to teach using best-practices from mathematics, science, engineering, and computer science education research.
Primary Contact:
Wendy Adams
303-273-3068
Teaching Minor
To obtain a Teaching Minor, students must take at least 18.0 credits related to teacher education. Four specific courses are required: 3 credits of Field Experience (SCED262), Educational Psychology (SCED333), Dynamic Teaching (SCED363) and Capstone Curriculum Design (SCED464). Additionally, students will choose two electives courses, one from each category listed below.
| Required Courses: | 12.0 | |
| K-12 FIELD EXPERIENCE AND BUILDING STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS | ||
| EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT | ||
| DYNAMIC TEACHING: MOTIVATION, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, AND DIFFERENTIATION OF INSTRUCTION | ||
| CAPSTONE CURRICULUM DESIGN I | ||
| One of the following electives: | 3.0 | |
| MATHEMATICAL PRACTICES AND THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF MATHEMATICS | ||
| SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES VS ENGINEERING DESIGN AND THE NATURE OF SCIENCE | ||
| One of the following: | 3.0 | |
| PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY TEACHING TECHNIQUES | ||
| PRE-ALGEBRA AND ALGEBRA TEACHING TECHNIQUES | ||
| COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHING TECHNIQUES | ||
| Total Semester Hrs | 18.0 | |